Monthly Archives: December 2009

I’ve moved to the Powell office of Real Living HER

Real Living HER, 379 Olentangy St, Powell OH 43065I made a change this week. I will now be operating out of the Real Living HER Powell office, rather than the Worthington office.

I had been considering this move since the new Powell office opened several years ago, because it is half the distance to my home that the Worthington office is. As the years have gone by, the addition of all the stop lights on Rt 23 has doubled the drive time to Worthington. As a result, the Powell office is about 8 minutes away, while the Worthington office is 25-30 minutes, and sometimes longer if there is a fender bender.

The Powell location has easy access to Dublin and Hilliard as well. So it is better suited for my clients as well as myself. (See Google Map)

This change will also benefit my clients because of the synergy of the agents in the Powell office. Since they work throughout Delaware county and beyond, it will mean far better exposure for my listings to agents who have buyers for those listings. They know and understand the Delaware County market. Making this move will be an improvement of service to my clients.

I’ll still be working as a mobile agent, meaning my Blackberry and the WEENR-mobile are really my “office”, but it’s nice knowing that when I meet clients, we can do it at a state-of-art new office in a prime location. By the way, none of my contact info changes. My phone number and email addy remain as they always have been.

If you want to buy or sell a home, give me a call and we’ll meet at my new digs!

Take a Home Buyer/Seller Survey

Are you planning to buy or sell a home in 2010?

Do you plan to take advantage of either one of the Home Buyer Tax Credits?

Multiple answers aren’t allowed, but there is a box for “other” responses.

Answer this poll, then check results to see what others are planning to do.

Help Pet Organizations Help Pets In Need

Not every dog leads the comfortable life that The Murph does. They don’t have sweaters or coats to keep them warm when they go outside. They may not have a warm bed to sleep in, but may have to sleep on the cold ground. They may have to go to bed with an empty belly and frozen water bowl.

YOU CAN HELP!

With the tough economy, people are being forced to turn their pets into the shelters because they can no longer afford to feed or care for their pet. A local pet day care (Camp Bow Wow) is having a donation day tomorrow to assist the Pet Pantry and Columbus Dog Connection to help needy people with pet food and supplies so those people don’t have to surrender their pets for financial reasons.

Take your donations to Camp Bow Wow, 5100 Nike Dr, Hilliard on Saturday, Dec 12 between 10am-2pm. See their web site at www.campbowwow.com for the list of requested items.

The Columbus Dog Connection web site also has a donation page that lists the needs for other shelters in other counties. If you help with Habitat for Humanity, perhaps you can also help with Habitat for Dogmanity by helping to build dog houses for pets without outside shelter, or to give the materials to build such houses.

You can also check these web sites which have “wish list” requests for their shelter animals: Capital Area Humane SocietyFranklin County Animal ShelterDelaware County Humane Society

If you’re like me, you may have leashes, collars, bowls, beds, sweaters, coats, that were used for pets that are now sadly gone. I know I have such items from my three Dobies that are way too big for The Murph. I think it’s time to give them to other pets.

Are you ready to buy a home in January?

In October, I wrote about the showings by buyers for various zip codes by price range for both single family homes and condos. Here in this post, I’ve updated that chart with the number of showings between Nov 1 thru Dec 10 (today). Similar results but far fewer showings. We’re still seeing little activity in the upper price ranges.

Buyer showings on homes for sale in central Ohio

Click to enlarge graph

The lack of activity for the move-up price ranges is why the National Association of Realtors® pushed Congress to do something to help this market. Thus, the Tax Credit stimulus added the $6,500 credit for CURRENT HOMEOWNERSRead Details.

Many of the upper-priced homes have had their prices reduced to almost ridiculous levels. If you’re a buyer, you may find that these luxury homes cost less per sq ft than lower priced cookie-cutter homes.

I know the holidays are upon us, but if you’re planning to sell and buy, you need to get ready as January is only 3 weeks away.

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Would you like my 2010 Calendar?

Elaine Reese 2010 CalendarNo it’s not a pin-up calendar of me, just in case that was your first thought. :-)

It’s a calendar with some of my photography around the area as well as smaller photos from past listings. I’ve also included some important real estate dates so you meet the deadlines.

I recently mailed the calendars and have a few left. If you would like me to send one to you, email me with your full name and complete home mail address.

Average Sales by School District & Subdivision

I’ve updated the YTD November housing stats if you’re interested in seeing how the real estate market is doing.

Average housing prices by SCHOOL DISTRICT

Average housing prices by SUBURB BY SUBDIVISION

Call me if you have any questions.